The military history of Iran has been relatively well-documented, with thousands of years' worth of recorded history. Largely credited to its historically...

The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to...

The Iranian Armed Forces, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic...

The history of the Iranian Air Force, currently known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, can be divided into two phases—before the Islamic Revolution...

conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of the country from...

Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as...

The Iranian Navy traditionally located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, has always been the smallest of the country's military forces. An Iranian...

city of Ray, Iran (near Shahr-e-Rey) as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ("Ragau" in the Apocryphal Book of Judith)...

The military of Safavid Iran covers the military history of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1736. It was the first Safavid king (shah), Ismail I (1501–1524)...

Corps Aerospace Force is the primary operator of Iran’s growing fleet of UAVs, although most Iranian military services employ them. Major General Bagheri...

between the two sovereign states of Iran and Iraq. Both states have history that extends for millennia into the past. Iran and Iraq share a long border (the...

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the 24,400 troops in these four, separate, military units made up one of the weakest forces in Iranian history." After the First World War, the army had...

The military forces of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran had their origins in the relatively obscure yet bloody inter-factional violence in Khorasan during...

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom...

and military superiority as well as its close relationships with the United States and Israel. The Iran–Iraq War followed a long-running history of territorial...

Iran has supported Russia both diplomatically and militarily since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has voted against...

recent years, the Iranian government states that it has self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems. Iran established an arms...

relations between Iran and Israel are divided into four major phases: the ambivalent period from 1947 to 1953, the friendly period during the era of the Pahlavi...

invasion of Iran began on 22 September 1980, sparking the Iran–Iraq War, and lasted until 5 December 1980. Ba'athist Iraq believed that Iran would not...

allies and form an axis in the Caucasus alongside Armenia. Iran and Russia are also military allies in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and partners in...

Tanks have been utilized in Iran both within the military and within several conflicts with their usage and origin after World War II; the Cold War; and...

Iran's military industry manufactures and exports various types of arms and military equipment. Iran's military industry, under the command of Iran's...

Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern...

branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh). It is one of Iran's two maritime military branches, alongside the Navy of the...

beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid Shāh Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam...

Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Official diplomatic relations were first established in 1937. The two civilizations had a history of cultural...

growth rate of over 20% and the highest level of development in telecommunication. Foreign Direct Investment in Iran (1970–2012) Iranian military expenditures...

Jewish military history focuses on the military aspect of history of the Jewish people from ancient times until the modern age. While complete details...

display the Persian text in this article correctly. Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West...